
Toward One Oregon
Rural-Urban Interdependence and the Evolution of a State
Oregon State University (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-87071-596-9 (ISBN)
Description
Every state in the nation has geographic divisions-upstate/downstate, urban/rural, major city/rest of the state-that loom large as barriers to common cause. Toward One Oregon examines the prospects for uniting one geographically diverse state in the years ahead.
When Oregon became a state in 1859, its role in the nation and the global economy was quite different than it is today. Boundaries that made sense in the nineteenth century don't always serve twenty-first century needs productively. Current times demand a new, strategic understanding of the state and its role in the nation and the world if its people-all of its people-are to thrive.
Oregon, like many states, is faced with recovering and rediscovering a sense of shared purpose as it attempts to meet the needs of its diverse communities, peoples, and landscapes. Toward One Oregon explores Oregon's urban and rural history and assesses the current situation through political, economic, and demographic lenses. The book's contributors include historians, urban planners, journalists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists. They explore the links and splits between urban and rural Oregon and together offer a collaborative path forward-for Oregon and for any state faced with similar, seemingly insurmountable, geographic divisions-using the best of urban and rural policies in strategic and complementary ways.
When Oregon became a state in 1859, its role in the nation and the global economy was quite different than it is today. Boundaries that made sense in the nineteenth century don't always serve twenty-first century needs productively. Current times demand a new, strategic understanding of the state and its role in the nation and the world if its people-all of its people-are to thrive.
Oregon, like many states, is faced with recovering and rediscovering a sense of shared purpose as it attempts to meet the needs of its diverse communities, peoples, and landscapes. Toward One Oregon explores Oregon's urban and rural history and assesses the current situation through political, economic, and demographic lenses. The book's contributors include historians, urban planners, journalists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists. They explore the links and splits between urban and rural Oregon and together offer a collaborative path forward-for Oregon and for any state faced with similar, seemingly insurmountable, geographic divisions-using the best of urban and rural policies in strategic and complementary ways.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Corvallis, OR
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87071-596-9 (9780870715969)
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Persons
Michael Hibbard is Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Innovation and Professor of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at the University of Oregon.
Ethan Seltzer is Professor, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University.
Bruce Weber is the Director of the Rural Studies Program and Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University.
Beth Emshoff serves as Metro Specialist for Oregon State University Extension in Portland.
Ethan Seltzer is Professor, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University.
Bruce Weber is the Director of the Rural Studies Program and Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University.
Beth Emshoff serves as Metro Specialist for Oregon State University Extension in Portland.